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How to Build a Reputation Like a Gangster Without Breaking the Law isn’t another fluffy self-help book. It’s a masterclass in commanding respect, earning loyalty, and becoming someone whose name carries weight—without ever crossing a legal line. Drawing on real historical examples—not made-up stories—this book reveals how underworld power strategies can be adapted for the legal, modern world. Every chapter starts with a gripping true anecdote, breaks down the principle behind it, and shows you how to apply it immediately in your own life.

Joe Orton was among the towering geniuses of 1960s theatre. His life was tragically cut short in 1967, but he left behind him a handful of shocking and scabrous black comedies that will live on in the public imagination for years to come. Featured here are two of his lesser-known works, The Erpingham Camp and The Ruffian on the Stair, collected together as a double bill.

When lawlessness sweeps across Sun Dog County, Sheriff Brick Davidson faces his toughest challenge yet. A string of daring robberies, a wrecked stagecoach, and mounting political pressure threaten to derail his re-election—and his control of the frontier town he’s sworn to protect.

Tim Beckdolt, rangy and self-reliant, is as American as the frontier itself. But after spending eight treacherous months digging $175,000 in gold out of Desperation Peak - all he has left is desperation. Two sadistic strangers have taken his gold, and now they want to take his life. He's on the run - the target of a Devil’s Manhunt.

In The Story of Sigurd, master storyteller Andrew Lang retells one of the most powerful and haunting legends of Norse mythology. From the blood-soaked battlefields of fallen kings to the treasure hoards guarded by monstrous dragons, Sigurd’s journey is one of valor, betrayal, enchanted love, and tragic fate. Guided by the wisdom of birds and wielding the reforged blade of his father, Sigurd slays the fearsome dragon Fafnir and becomes a legendary Dragonslayer.

Forged in the hot sun and sand of the Arizona desert, Chinook Shannon is as tough as they come. But Chinook is far from home—in the north country of Montana—and facing a challenge as big as the territory itself. Following his grandfather’s suspicious death, he’s come to Montana to claim his inheritance—the family’s cattle ranch. But the territory’s crawling with bandits and bankers, and they all want a piece of Chinook’s land.

Brash and bold and daring, Lieutenant Lee Briscoe will never back away from a good cause or a good fight. Briscoe’s gone undercover to infiltrate a slave-labor camp on an island in Southeast Asia, knowing full well that once he goes in, he may never get out. Posing as a man on the run for murder, he may soon wish he had run in the opposite direction. His adversary on the island is Schwenk - a man who is not only a connoisseur of cruelty, but an expert at delivering it.

Every man walks with a shadow...but what happens when he acquires a second one? Just ask Brazos, a cold-blooded killer for hire with blood on his hands and a posse on his tail. Desperate for cash, Brazos accepts $200 to gun down a local man named Brant. He’ll earn every penny...but in the end there’ll be the devil to pay. Because to put a bullet in Brant means putting one in his partner as well - an eerie stranger schooled in the black art of witchcraft. This is one killing that brings with it a deadly curse - and a second shadow.

Running off to join the French Foreign Legion used to be every boy's dream of action and adventure. But for Lieutenant Bill Reilly - half Irish, half American, and like Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia, a Westerner at war in the desert - the dream has turned into a nightmare. And it all begins with the gruesome delivery of a severed hand…

Ten years ago, Seven House was found guilty of a heinous crime, the murder of a fellow police officer. After his surprising release, House attempts to track down who framed him, uncovering a shocking revelation about his old police department.

Imagine that your father is one of New York City’s top gangsters, and that you want nothing to do with him or his criminal empire. Now imagine he’s been murdered...and the only person who gives a damn is you. Meet Mat Lawrence, a stand-up guy who’s got one thing on his mind: revenge. The last place Mat wants to go is back to New York, but that’s where the killers are, and he won’t stop until they’re dead...or he is. And there’s only one man who can help him track them down: his father’s criminal attorney - the Mouthpiece.

The Third Hour is a collection of poetry with themes in science fiction, fantasy, suspense, and the night. Several poems were originally part of #ProjectMicropoetry project or published in Altered Reality Magazine.

In Edgar Allan Poe’s gripping tale of survival and cosmic terror, A Descent into the Maelström plunges listeners into a tempest of elemental fury and existential dread. Set amidst the wild Norwegian coast, the story follows an old fisherman who recounts the nightmarish experience that turned his hair white and changed his life forever.

John Common and Mary Common started a common family in Common Town when they had the Common Twins. The Common family had uncommon dreams and goals, but they continued leading a very common life. Eventually, with all their commonality, they got common jobs and lost common jobs. They had to go on common unemployment and common disability. Their common lives have deteriorated into lives out of common control. Follow the Common Family as they learn through their common mistakes how to be uncommon again.

No parent gets an instruction manual with their children. We have to figure it out as we go along. Parenting is full of challenges and there are tried and true strategies that will help the parent keep their sanity and set the child up for success and happiness. We all want joy and happiness to fill our home yet there is often angry outbursts, slamming doors, dirty looks, hurt feelings, tears, and even desperation. What do you do?

Things are definitely getting weird. Izzy's choices of late have not improved this situation. Coming to Alaska with a wild bunch using stolen tickets, and when she didn't "put out", they threw her out the into the cold with only a light coat!

Dniknam was a man without a purpose and a destiny. He asked God to help him find his destiny, and God sent eight angels to show him the way to his purpose and destiny.

A little bit of encouragement and a few kind words can change a person's mood. Let's work together to give the ears something to smile about!

In When East Met West, W.C. Tuttle brings his signature blend of wit and Western action to the story of a polished Easterner who finds himself out of his element in the rugged frontier. When city manners collide with cowboy code, sparks—and laughter—fly. What starts as a culture clash becomes an unlikely alliance as both men confront local trouble, outlaws, and misunderstandings that can only be solved with grit, charm, and a whole lot of humor.

It started like any other Sunday...Frank Porter and his family went to church. They listened to the preacher. Everything was normal, until the unidentified objects appeared in the sky. Frank tried to dismiss them as nothing, until the objects landed.